Mat Fraser talks about his life, his wife, and their two Australian shows — Beauty and the Beast for the Adelaide Festival and The Freak and the Showgirl for Melbourne's Circus Oz, inspired by their real-life love story.

Jeremy Clarkson, the suspended presenter of the BBC's popular Top Gear television program, says an expletive-laden criticism of his former employer at a charity event in London last week was "in jest".

On this episode of The Mix. a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW called The Photograph and Australia; an interview with Courtney Barnett; what happens when you let graphic designers loose at the local shops; And the exciting new alternative to burnings and burials.

Alan Rickman is famed for his versatility, playing romantic leads, comedy characters and arch villains in the course of his 40-year acting career. He has now directed a second film, A Little Chaos, set in 17th century France.